Wandao long distance

Chapter 382

The center of the world, Chang'an.

It's as bustling as ever.

It was already morning, and there were ripples on the road in the middle of Chang'an. The boats kept going, and the sound of the rudder and oar hitting the water was endless, and the oars shattered the light and shadow of the rising sun reflected on the Bian River.

On the various tributaries of the crossing river, there are all kinds of ships for passengers, goods, water tanks and crossings, and the boards of the ships are staggered.

Looking at the street again, there is the noisy sound of the city, crowds of people, cars roaming around, a thousand-foot long rainbow flying over tall buildings, willow silk blowing the water, majestic pavilions, surrounded by trees, colorful sheds and people gathering, thousands of cars rush away like the wind, like a thousand drums. Thunder suddenly passed.

Tang's business has formed a huge network, and has been fully supervised by the cardinals of all worlds. However, thousands of wells are noisy, and countless people have already woken up and started to complete their day's work, entertainment, and life.

Various markets have also been opened. Hundreds of industries, especially the vegetable market, have opened their doors together with the flood of citizens rushing to the morning market to welcome the crowds every morning.

The same is true of the Liu family, and generally speaking, they get up very early.

After Li Qi and Liu Shenzhi woke up, Liu Junyi had already prepared breakfast, and even knocked on the door to call Liu Shenzhi and Li Qi to get up and eat.

Both Li Qi and Liu Shenzhi were used to this, after all, Li Qi hadn't rested here once or twice.

Li Qi knew very well that the Liu family had no servants, and Liu Donghe didn't like to order others around. There were only three people living in this house, namely the Liu family's father and son, and Liu Junyi who lived here.

Anyway, there are spells, and you don't need to act on your own to remove dust, just type a few dust-free talismans, and the housework you often have to do is actually only washing and cooking.

The three of them are not very good at laundry, so they are outsourced to the laundry lady, who will come to the house regularly to collect the clothes and send them back after washing.

As for cooking...

Liu Donghe is obviously the kind who can't cook, and Liu Shenzhi is a slob, so naturally only Liu Junyi can come.

Fortunately, Liu Junyi's craftsmanship is good.

This elegant and modest gentleman is not the kind of person who does not stick to the spring water. In fact, there is no such person in the Liu family. Liu Donghe's family style is still very good. Even Liu Donghe himself does some furniture repairs from time to time. , take care of the garden and the like.

It's just that this famous celebrity's cooking skills... It's hard to describe.

Li Qi sat at Liu's dining table as usual.

The breakfast on the dining table in front of me is red fermented bean curd mixed vegetables that the Liu family likes to eat.

After the tofu is fermented, it is soaked in red oil for preservation, and when eaten, it is baked and steamed several times to make the inside crispy, and then the skin is peeled to benefit the taste.

Then prepare vegetables such as lotus root, bamboo shoots, fern, and mince, steam until soft and rotten, and then put red fermented bean curd on top.

The staple food is cake bait, which is ordinary white flour cooked.

However, there is also a plate of meat sauce to accompany the meal. Take the pork, stew it, use peeled walnuts, and smash them in a pot. Just store it, heat it when eating, then scoop it out and spread it on the cake, it is delicious.

The ingredients are all common ingredients, and they didn't use any spirit beasts, such as dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder. It doesn't conform to the Liu family's usual simple style, but the taste is definitely not bad.

Sitting at the dining table, Li Qi praised Liu Junyi: "Brother Liu's craftsmanship is really good, the taste is even comparable to the cafeteria."

Comparable to the cafeteria, this is the highest praise.

You know, in Taixue's cafeteria, the chef is Guo Penghai, a chef who has practiced cooking skills and reached the fourth rank.

Liu Junyi smiled: "The sage said, you can't get tired of fine food, and you can't get tired of fine meat. Although there are no delicacies from mountains and seas, home-cooked food is the same as reading. It requires care."

"If you don't even care about daily life and food, how can you care about reading?"

As Liu Junyi said so, he glanced at Liu Shenzhi who was eating.

Liu Shenzhi rolled his eyes.

Li Qi only thought it was funny, but his expression was well controlled, so he couldn't laugh at him face to face.

Liu Shenzhi is used to being lazy, just like most people who don't do housework, the family always wants to find an opportunity to educate and educate, after all Liu Shenzhi sometimes doesn't even bother to clean his own room.

Obviously only one dust removal talisman is needed, but he thinks it is unnecessary, so he often forgets it and puts it somewhere, which makes his father and brother feel that he is very bad.

At this time, I heard Liu Donghe who was sitting on the main seat say: "Your elder brother is right. If you don't sweep a house, why sweep the world? If you don't care about the things around you, what else is there to care about? "

Liu Shenzhi sighed silently, and began to play dead without arguing.

According to the past, he should not say a word, anyway, a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, so let's talk about it, what should I do, young master.

However, he suddenly thought of what he was going to say later, so he straightened his back, picked up the bowl, and said respectfully: "What my father said is that I also intend to correct it. After removing the bowl today, I will wash it." .”

As soon as these words came out, Li Qi, Liu Junyi, and Liu Donghe were all startled, they all stopped what they were doing, and looked at Liu Shenzhi with astonishment on their faces.

Liu Shenzhi's complexion remained unchanged, and he said: "Yesterday Li Qi persuaded me, and with the usual persuasion from my father and elder brother, I also felt very ashamed, so I thought that from today on, I would change my lazy temperament from the past."

When Liu Donghe heard the words, he was immediately relieved. No matter how strict a father is, he would be so relieved when he saw his son suddenly awakened.

He looked Liu Shenzhi up and down: "It's very good, very good."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Qi again.

Then, Liu Donghe said to Li Qi: "Although a person has a beautiful nature and a discerning heart, he must seek a good teacher and do things with him, choose a good friend and make friends with him, and those who see him will be loyal and respectful. With benevolence and righteousness, the heart is improving day by day with self-discipline."

"The ability of a good friend can supervise him to read extensively, show him success or failure, make him observe the past to understand the future, observe the other to know this, drive him to the straight way, restrain him in the middle of investigation, and make him feel as if he is hanging on. For Wanren, it is like running on a horse and walking on ice, so he can regret how far he is, and make him chaste and auspicious."

"It's a great fortune to have such a good friend."

To be honest, it was difficult for Li Qi to listen to such polite words.

Moreover, there is an ancient story behind each of these words and allusions, even Li Qi's reading volume is somewhat overwhelming.

But probably still understandable, probably just praised himself as a good friend, took care of Liu Shenzhi, who was lazy in the past, and also hinted that Liu Shenzhi is also a "good friend", and hoped that Li Qi would continue to maintain a good relationship with him.

After Li Qi finished listening, he immediately said: "That's natural, boy, I heard that a gentleman of Gaishi has read thousands of volumes, and he must go to temples, see mountains and rivers, and make friends with celebrities at home and abroad. Be diligent. Otherwise, the birds will sing and the insects will sing, and you will be complacent. Although there are good points, the scope is already narrow."

"Brother Liu and I are just like butterflies, we sculpt and compare every day, and we both gain a lot."

Li Qi also said the same.

Although the two did not communicate in private, after all they had worked together for so long, there was still some tacit understanding, and he understood what Liu Shenzhi meant.

Obviously, Liu Shenzhi was going to be a good baby, and made old man Liu Donghe happy, so that he would be able to open his mouth when he was asked to compose poems and essays, and to blow on the lingxiaohua.

And Liu Donghe glanced at the two of them.

To be honest, although Liu Donghe praised Li Qi, but if there is any influence, from a rational point of view, Liu Donghe would not believe a word.

What is it like to "read thousands of volumes, go to temples, see mountains and rivers, make friends with celebrities at home and abroad, gain insight, be naturally generous, think with good friends, and be diligent naturally", this kind of words sound nice, but Liu Donghe knows it, Li Qi This guy is typically not sociable.

Although he looks polite, but this person has been in Chang'an for more than half a year, and besides Liu Shenzhi, he has no friends, and he has never gone out to play. What he does every day is not only studying but also practicing.

What about playing?Ever go out to play?

but……

Liu Donghe glanced at the two of them again.

Indeed, Liu Shenzhi's cultivation has improved by leaps and bounds recently. In the past six months, he stopped going to the fireworks places in Shangyuan and concentrated on doing research at home.

Although the research is on small skills such as insect Gu, it is still a craft, and it is not impossible to pursue the great way.

There are still changes.

Therefore, Liu Donghe nodded: "That's right, so, do you two have anything to say?"

Li Qi showed an embarrassed smile.

Liu Shenzhi trembled, looked at Li Qi, showing a helpless expression.

Sure enough, Liu Donghe understood everything, and it was impossible for the two of them to hide this from him.

But Liu Shenzhi still seemed to want to struggle. He put down his rice bowl, stood up and said, "There are some things I want to report to my father. Father, after dinner, can you come with us to my yard and see us?" result?"

"Since we started to be busy, my father only said that what we did was some bug tricks, and he never saw what we did. Now that we have finally achieved some results, I still hope that my father can move and see for himself. Son... the foundation of the seventh grade."

Liu Shenzhi said solemnly, and even said the words of Dao Ji of the seventh rank.

In the world, for a person, there is nothing more important than the way.

And in the way, the Dao foundation is the lifeblood of the lifeblood. If the Dao foundation is damaged, it is not impossible to lose the product at least, and die directly at the worst.

Among the heels, a very important part is Daoji.

Saying this is basically a showdown to Liu Donghe.

As a biological father, no matter how hard he could refuse such a request.

So, Liu Donghe nodded: "Okay, after that, I'll go and have a look, sit down, and eat first."

Liu Shenzhi sat down, and Li Qi also heaved a sigh of relief.

After that, no one spoke, everyone planed their meals silently, and the breakfast ended quickly.

Then, as I said just now, Liu Shenzhi took the initiative to clean up the dishes and went to wash the dishes.

It is very convenient after washing, just use the technique.

However, Liu Shenzhi practiced principles, so he was not very good at these things. He took out a magic weapon, manipulated the water flow, created a vortex, and then threw the bowl into it to wash it quickly.

The speed of the vortex is at least [-] kilometers per hour.

After paying the price of a few broken bowls, after finishing these, he hurriedly took Liu Donghe to his small courtyard.

Li Qi naturally followed, but he didn't speak.

Soon, Liu Donghe followed Liu Shenzhi to the small courtyard.

Just as soon as he arrived, he frowned.

Just as he thought, a bunch of bugs gathered together, gnawing on some pieces of magic weapons.

It was full of... the aura of witchcraft.

It's really unpleasant.

In the eyes of the traditional human way, witchcraft is a typical evil way. Many years ago, the Emperor Ren, before the Tang Dynasty, was already an "evil witch, such as a hater", and caused a lot of "witch disasters".

Of course, that was before, and the world today is much more open, without so many prejudices, and there are also a lot of popular science about witchcraft on the network of Cardinals of All Worlds.

However, the overall image of witchcraft is still sinister and cunning.

To be honest, Li Qi felt that no one else could be blamed for this. Even Li Qi himself felt that the methods of witchcraft were too weird.

Comparing the majesty and magnificence of the Daomen next door, the means of witchcraft are really... not very easy to put on the stage, let alone the historical origins of humanity and witchcraft.

But Liu Donghe is not a rotten scholar. Although he doesn't like the methods of witchcraft, he also knows the pursuit of witchcraft itself.

Although not recognized, but not belittled.

In addition, this is the Daoist foundation recognized by his own son, so he still read it patiently, and used some Confucian methods.

Confucianism is good at using rules, but it also has some auxiliary techniques.

He applauded lightly and sang in a low voice: "Open your lapel to drive away the miasma, clear your eyes to sweep away the clouds and smoke."

It's a special kind of rhyme, plus poetry.

Some sages said: "Poetry, rites, music, and music can shake people's blood and energy, and make people have little bad intentions. It is purely the law of heaven. This is the so-called 'success in music'. For example, when people take medicine, when they first take it I have been obedient, and after a long period of obedience, my ears and eyes will be clear, and each will be able to do my best. This will promote poetry, establish rituals, and become music."

Through such poems, people can be 'smart', that is, have sensitive ears and bright eyes.

Following his words, his eyes lit up a little, and he glanced at the witch silkworm in front of him again.

Every detail is revealed, and no secret can be hidden.

So even without any 'commentary', he could see all the designs of Li Qi and others at a glance.

"This is... your achievement?" Liu Donghe was a little surprised, and turned to look at Li Qi and Liu Shenzhi standing beside him.

This thing is really exquisite, and it is indeed qualified to be the foundation of willow ginseng.

With seventh-rank and eighth-rank people making such achievements, the two of them... are not messing around.

"That's right, this is what Brother Li and I have achieved in the past half a year. Of course, there is still a long way to go, but this time Brother Li went back to Wushen Mountain and found the solution to our long-standing problem. Just yesterday, We finally made this thing practical." Liu Shenzhi said immediately.

"Okay... well done, not bad." Liu Donghe nodded.

Li Qi also stepped out at this time: "Uncle, we want to sell this item to the outside world, can you help us... make a publicity?"

(End of this chapter)